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==== Reactions ====
Vermont's U.S. Senators [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Peter Welch]] and U.S. House Representative [[Becca Balint]] issued a joint statement saying, "Our deepest condolences go out to the agent’s family, and to the Border Patrol".<ref name="Hughes-2025" /> Representative [[Mark Green (Tennessee politician)|Mark Green]], who chairs the [[United States House Committee on Homeland Security|House Committee on Homeland Security]], issued a statement saying he was "heartbroken by the loss of Agent David Maland", adding, "[w]e must never forget that the men and women in green on the frontlines of this border crisis defend our homeland at great personal cost" and that "[f]ar too often these courageous public servants, like Agent Maland, pay the ultimate price".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chairman Green Issues Statement Mourning Loss of Border Patrol Agent David Maland in the Line of Duty |url=https://homeland.house.gov/2025/01/21/chairman-green-issues-statement-mourning-loss-of-border-patrol-agent-david-maland-in-the-line-of-duty/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616083846/https://homeland.house.gov/2025/01/21/chairman-green-issues-statement-mourning-loss-of-border-patrol-agent-david-maland-in-the-line-of-duty/ |archive-date=2025-06-16 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=Committee on Homeland Security |language=en-US}}</ref> Maland's flag-draped casket was carried by a motorcade of Border Patrol agents and [[Vermont State Police]] from Burlington, Vermont, to [[Albany International Airport]], and flown to his family in [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bendavid |first=Ike |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Motorcade honors slain Border Patrol agent |url=https://www.wcax.com/2025/01/23/motorcade-honors-slain-border-patrol-agent/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129174322/https://www.wcax.com/2025/01/23/motorcade-honors-slain-border-patrol-agent/ |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[WCAX-TV|WCAX]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelleher |first=Caitlyn |date=2025-01-23 |title=Law enforcement escorts Border Agent David Maland body: What to know about the procession |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2025/01/23/burlington-vt-street-closures-police-procession-us-border-agent-david-chris-maland-killed/77901350007/ |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[Burlington Free Press]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Mike |title=Survivor charged in shootout that left Border Patrol agent dead in Vermont |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/teresa-youngblut-charged-shootout-killed-border-20053959.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125062009/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/teresa-youngblut-charged-shootout-killed-border-20053959.php |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |language=en}}</ref>

A person was charged in connection to Maland's death and pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swinhart |first1=Amanda |last2=Whittle |first2=Patrick |title=Woman with ties to cultlike group appears in court after border agent's killing |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/woman-with-ties-to-cultlike-group-appears-in-court-after-border-agent-s-killing/ar-AA1HihOf?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=685b17124b404bb58b36480d4d233854&ei=21 |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=MSN |agency=Associated Press |date=24 June 2025}}</ref>